Posted inApril 30, 1984: Can the West swim upstream to jobs and happiness?

Phoenix works to turn a Salt River floodplain into a billion-dollar development

A prime example of Arizona’s ambitious plans for Central Arizona Project water is the Rio Salado project in Phoenix, a 20,000 acre development slated for a worthless, debris-filled floodplain on the Salt River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Posted inMarch 5, 1984: Linowes Commission raps coal leasing

The Aamodt case pits rural New Mexicans against each other

Western water fights usually pit local residents against outsiders. But in the Pojoaque valley north of Santa Fe, N.M., water has turned residents of several small Hispanic towns against the people living around them in Indian pueblos. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/16.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

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